The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-04-07
Law BREAKERs.
FAMOUS DESPERATE KILLED.


Law BREAKERS.
FAMOUS DESPERATE KILLED.
DENVER, March 30.-It is reported
here that Marine Leyba, a notorious
outlaw and desperate, and the leader
Of gang who terroriZed central New
Mexico for six months, has been killed
while resisting arrest, near Antelope
Springs. The report is confirmed to
day by the arrival of Joaquin Monter-
era and Carlos Jaconie with the body
They were deputized by Sheriff Chavez
Of Santa County, to make the arrest,
and met Leyba on the mountain while
on the lookout for him. When ordered
to surrender the outlaw pulled his
pistol, and Monterera and the officers
pulled theirs. The three shots sounded
like one. Monterera got bullet through
his hat, but Leyba fell dead at his feet,
shot through the head. Leyba led the
step-son of Gov. Van Zandt, of
Rhode Island, in the Dolores Mountains
in 1888, and buried the body after TAX
ing several hundred dollars from it.
-Four of the gang were captured by
Sheriff Armitage and taken to Albu-
querQue, where they were lynched.
Leyba. the fifth member. hid in the
mountains, but came out and began
operations again after all the witnesses
were dead. He was afterward con-
victed of stealing, and sent up for five
six months ago he Immediately re-
turned to the fiourishing mining
country and reorganiZed gang. They
would shoot into towns, steal horses
and rob travellers. Their last outrage
was the murder and robbery of Lackrey
and Tressler, near Antelope Springs.
These men owned 10000 sheep down
there. Lackrey was killed and his
house and his body burned. Tressler
was shot in the back while running.
Two of Leyba's gang were arrested for
the murder, and are now held for trial.
A reward of 81 200 was offered for
Leyba. His death will break up the
gang. A great many people visited the
Santa Fe jail to-day and viewed the
body. The people of southern New
Mexico are greatly pleased at the death
of the outlaw, and are thoroughly Or
ganized for the suppression of the rest
of the band.
BISMARCK GIVES EVIDENCE.
SIOUX Cry, March 30.-Albert
Koschniscki alias Bismarck, occupied
the witness box again this forenoon in
the Haddock murder trial. kosch-
UlSCk1 Is Ouo VI GLo INO OuOCAIEOn
referred to in Leavitt's testimony who
we're hired to ''do up" Haddock, and is
under indictment as one of the con-
spirators. The city authorities while
accommodating evidence necessary for
his arrest kept track of his movements
from the day of the murder, and while
he left the city in September with his
family, Vigilant watch was kept on
them. He was arrested in San Fran
cisco and confessed to his completely in
the tragedy. He named John Arens-
dorf as the man who shot the minister.
So far he is the only German out of a
large number implicated that has
turned state evidence and his testi-
mony is being listened to by that class
of people with deep interest. He is
the most damaging witness yet in the
witness box. Mrs. Haddock, wife OF
the murdered minister, made her first
appearance in court to day, having
come from Wisconsin for the purpose
of attending the trial.
PROMINENT MAN SUICIDES.
ST. LOUIS, No, March 30.-Hon.
Thomas G. Reynolds committed suicide
at the Custom House this afternoon by
plunging down the elevator shaft from
the third floor. He fell a distance OF
eighty feet, and crushed in his skull
The cause of the rash act was mental
arrangement, superinduced by the
hallucination that he was about TO be-
come insane. A few minutes before p
m. he entered the building and saun-
tered into the United States court
room. Several persons met him in the
building and he appeared i'll his usual
humor. He was seen to leave the
United States Marsha'S office, and
stepping into the elevator gate, passed
out of view. A few minutes later he
was brought out of the sub-basement
dead. In his pocket was found a letter
to his wife, stating that two years age
he contracted malaria at Aspinwall
and had failed to recover, the disease
settling in his spine. Recently he haC
been troubled by insomnia and fire.
Quent nervousness. Visions invited
him to Join his dead friends and fearing
lest he should be a burden to his wife
by becoming lunatic, having twice
before been troubled with dementia
| and his estate of $25, 600 being in order
unimpaired and productive, he deter
mined to end his life. Thomas c
| Reynolds was born in Charleston
South Carolina, in 1921. He studied
in the University of Virginia and con
| tinued his education in Germany
| graduating at Heidelberg in 1912. HI
spent one year in the University o
! Paris, and was admitted to the bar il
| Virginia in 1874. He was secretary o
| the United States Legation to Spain il
/ 1S46 and lS4S. In 1850 he located at st
| Louis and from 1858 to 1857 was Unite'
States District Attorney. In 1860 b
was elected State Governor of Missouri
on the same ticket with the famOu
Claib Jackson, and in the Civil Wa
sided with the Confederacy. At tn
close of the war he went to Mexico an
became very intimate with Maximilliar
In 1858 he returned to st. Louis. III
was a member of the commission sen
to South America about two years az
in the interest of commerce with tn
United States. In 1850 he fought
duel with S. GratZ Brown, with rifles
at 80 PAGES, on the island opposite thi
city, over political discussion. Nj
Brown was shot in the knee, but Nj
Reynolds was not touched. 1t is bt
lieVed that Governor Reynolds only IL
tended to MAIN Mr.. Brown. GovernC
REYNOLDS was married twice, and leave
his second wife, whom he married thre
years, ago all his property.
| THE SCHWARTZ-WATT MURDER TRIAL
CHICAGO, March 30.-The Dali
News special from Morris, Illinois, say
In the Schwartz Watt murder trial t
: day, Engineer Woods described tt
blood STAINS In N1cnOl 8 Car anu the ~
} pearance and location of the baggage
express matter, etc. The location
: the blood stains indicate despera
, struggle and that Nichols tried to reaC
J the valve to set the air brakes. tt
witness returned from Davenport Il
/ evening after the murder with Audit
Danforth. Schwartz was on the ira
and talked with the witness about
satchel which Danforth found in Il
) car closet. Conductor Wagner was I
: called and corroborated most of Il
: testimony of Woods.
ANOTHER EXPRESS ROBBERY.
ROME, n. Y, March 31.-A speci
/ to the Sentinel from Frankfort say
: Express Messenger Leake, who W
robbed between Clark'S mills al
l Frankfort. last night, reached he
about midnight and was able to pI
: coed to the Office of Doctors Skiff
2 Richards, where his wound was DIRE:
! | ed. He was shot in the upper part
8 the right arm, the ball passing aroul
{ the shoulder, causing an ugly woun
+ He stated to reporter that soon aft
9 his train left Clark Mills, man c
t tered his car through the side dot
: which he showed back, saying as ne {
d tered: Throw up your hands" Lea
n